Census defies anti-government boycott calls

Census defies anti-government boycott calls

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The $15 billion U.S. Census is near completion with a response rate unchanged from a decade ago, defying concerns it might be derailed by anti-government sentiment and widespread violence against census takers.

Temporary Census Jobs Drive May's Hiring Increase

Filed under: Economic DataThis morning's nonfarm payroll report was a good news/bad news sort of situation. The good news? The nation added 431,000 jobs last month. The bad news? Of those jobs, 411,000 were added thanks to the Census, meaning they were temporary workers.In reality, payrolls advanced by 20,000 during May (taking the temporary jobs out of the equation), a rather disappointing number (and far short of the expected increase of 540,000).Continue reading Temporary Census Jobs Drive May's Hiring IncreaseTemporary Census Jobs Drive May's Hiring Increase originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | CommentsEmployment - BloggingStocks - United States - Government - Census

Census hiring to lift March payrolls

Census hiring to lift March payrolls

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. non-farm payrolls, a key measure of the economy's health, probably rose in March for only the second time since recession struck in late 2007 as hiring for the 2010 U.S. Census added jobs

More people working from home, Census data show

Telecommuters more likely to be women, have college degrees Who gets to take conference calls in their pajamas? Data from the Census Bureau says Americans working from home are likeliest to be white, college-educated female professionals. They also tend to work longer hours than those working away from home, such as at an office or construction site

Ray of Light: U.S. Census Is Hiring

Ray of Light: U.S. Census Is Hiring

Filed under: Employees, RecessionThe announcement that the U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 85,000 jobs in December was another, difficult dose of information for Americans looking for work, for business executives and policy makers, alike.Job lay-offs are subsiding, but the goal of large, sustained, monthly increases in jobs -- the kind that's need to maintain the U.S. economic expansion and restore national well-being -- remains on the horizon.Continue reading Ray of Light: U.S. Census Is HiringRay of Light: U.S. Census Is Hiring originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments